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I am looking for the .NET runtime. &nbsp;I thought this was a 5 MB download so that people can run C# .NET Windows apps that I write.<br />
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The one found here is 23 MB!!!<br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en</a><br />
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All I want is for people to be able to run the .EXE<br />
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Am I looking in the right place?
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I am looking for the .NET runtime.  I thought this was a 5 MB download so that people can run C# .NET Windows apps that I write.

The one found here is 23 MB!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en



All I want is for people to be able to run the .EXE

Am I looking in the right place?

.NET runtime 23 MB ?!?!?!

C# is an object-oriented programming language created in conjunction with Microsoft’s .NET framework. Compilation is usually done into the Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL), which is then JIT-compiled to native code (and cached) during execution in the Common Language Runtime (CLR).